It also had the then-unknown Sam Bean as Iron & Wine.    From Wordnik.com.  [Please Say It's Not Too Late (Music (For Robots))] Reference

The group included a then-unknown Gaye, who sang lead on "Mama Loochie" (1958).    From Wordnik.com.  [Harvey Fuqua, singer in doo-wop band the Moonglows, dies at 80] Reference

The then-unknown gunman had killed two people in a college dorm in which he was not a resident.    From Wordnik.com.  [1950s Thinking] Reference

My very first real concert was going to see Boys II Men with Brandy and a then-unknown Usher opening.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jon Chattman: Saying It Right: Nelly Furtado Showcases Her Body of Work] Reference

"Shortly thereafter, at 9: 38 a.m., the Pentagon shook with an explosion of a then-unknown origin," he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Four 9/11 Moms Watch Rumsfeld And Grumble] Reference

When authorities released this photo of a then-unknown attacker, his family was shocked, and tipped off police.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 28, 2005] Reference

It was director Francis Ford Coppola who cast the then-unknown Pacino into a film called, The Godfather (1972).    From Wordnik.com.  [Five People Born on April 25 | myFiveBest] Reference

"Tenspeed and Brown Shoe" was a clever detective drama starring Ben Vereen and a then-unknown Jeff Goldblum in 1980.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stephen J. Cannell Dies At 69] Reference

Remember those two emails many of us received in September at the height of interest in the then-unknown Sarah Palin?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rory O'Connor: The Daily We] Reference

Colorado was 3-8 last season and seemed to be on course for another poor year after the loss to then-unknown Fresno State.    From Wordnik.com.  [NCAA Football - Colorado vs. Kansas State] Reference

What's remarkable is the show's track record of finding then-unknown starlets for the boys of "Beverly Hills" to cavort with.    From Wordnik.com.  [Goodbye West Beverly] Reference

I seem to remember seeing Dillon Fence playing a show in Chapel Hill with a then-unknown band called Hootie and the Blowfish.    From Wordnik.com.  [give that girl - the heisman!] Reference

Fox Searchlight Kimberly Peirce's directorial debut, "Boys Don't Cry," won a best actress Oscar for then-unknown Hilary Swank.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hollywood's Top Directorial Debuts] Reference

Les origines de la statique that Duhem came across an unusual reference to a then-unknown medieval thinker, Jordanus de Nemore.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pierre Duhem] Reference

When MGM executives came across a small-town studio photograph of a then-unknown Ava Gardner, they saw a big-time Hollywood star.    From Wordnik.com.  [the new beauty secrets] Reference

Her self-titled first album was released in 1960 and not long after its release she met the then-unknown singer-songwriter Bob Dylan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Five People Born on January 9 | myFiveBest] Reference

This drama, written by Oliver Stone and starring Al Pacino (above, with Robert Loggia), also featured a then-unknown Michelle Pfeiffer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Movies With Second Acts] Reference

Developed by a then-unknown studio called Cing, the game was released in.    From Wordnik.com.  [AdventureGamers.com] Reference

Or when I saw a then-unknown Arcade Fire as the opening act for the Wrens.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Big Takeover] Reference

"Help Me," a 1966 R&B dance number sung by Ray Sharpe, with a then-unknown.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

Gordon not only gave Combs his first big break, casting the then-unknown in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Baltimore City Paper] Reference

A then-unknown Songz remixed R. Kelly's popular single "Trapped in the Closet.".    From Wordnik.com.  [ Popular] Reference

Hilburn's glowing review of a then-unknown Elton John is part of rock folklore.    From Wordnik.com.  [chron.com Chronicle] Reference

Does anyone remember an album called Funeral, released by a then-unknown band called.    From Wordnik.com.  [owl and bear] Reference

Redknapp was responsible for bringing the then-unknown 20-year-old Yakubu to England in.    From Wordnik.com.  [CaughtOffside.com] Reference

His father, Hyman, was a vaudevillian who once sang with the then-unknown Irving Berlin.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Likewise, Hilburn's glowing review of a then-unknown Elton John is part of rock folklore.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

The then-unknown thespians essaying the other inmates are simply superb across the board.    From Wordnik.com.  [DVD Verdict] Reference

Burns proposed in the 1970s that a then-unknown ring generated by Phoebe could account for Iapetus 'colors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews] Reference

The squad travelled to Belgium last April to face a team that had then-unknown Yanina Wickmayer as its top player.    From Wordnik.com.  [canada.com Top Stories] Reference

In 1959, he launched Bonanza, featuring then-unknown talents Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker and Pernell Roberts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bonanza Creator David Dortort Dies at 93] Reference

Wolfgang Puck, a then-unknown who is now one of the world's most famous chefs, was the first to prepare a meal at the James Beard House.    From Wordnik.com.  [TheState.com: The Buzz] Reference